News

  1. Astronomy

    Ring around the Pulsar: Planets may form in a harsh environment

    Astronomers have found a disk that has the potential to make planets in the harsh environment surrounding the ultradense remains of an exploded star.

    By Ron Cowen
  2. Health & Medicine

    See Blind Mice: Algae gene makes sightless eyes sense light

    Scientists have prompted mouse-eye cells that aren't normally light sensitive to respond to light.

    By Christen Brownlee
  3. Earth

    Volcanic mineral caused rare cancer in Turkey

    In two Turkish villages, nearly half of all deaths since 1980 have resulted from a form of cancer caused by inhaling erionite, a brittle and fibrous volcanic mineral that looks similar to wool.